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War of terror against working-class Afrikaners by armed-militia gangs at Melodie, Rietfontein smallholdings – people shot at while sleeping; dogs slashed with pangas

http://bit.ly/kDwCub - Daniel Potgieter: family attacked twice and shot at while sleeping by 5-member armed gang:

HARTBEESPOORT. It’s a terrifying world where vicious terrorist militia-gangs fire on defenceless homeowners sleeping inside their Melodie and Rietfontein homesteads, where properties are stripped of everything of value… writes editor Cynthia Dreyer of Madibeng Pulse.

“That’s what is happening in Hartbeespoort in the ‘peacetime of a democracy’. Don’t be fooled by the calm and rustic atmosphere on the plots with cows, pigs and lots of dog gambolling in the veld. Burglaries and armed attacks are a way of life for criminals and a nightmare for residents.

This week Melodie plot owner Mr Daniel Potgieter told MadibengPulse about the alarming experience he and his family had on Tuesday evening and again during the early hours of Wednesday morning. And he says all the residents are under continuous threats of armed, violent gangs. Another plot owner in Melodie also told MadibengPulse last week that it was only thePlotwatch organisation that was still keeping the gangs at bay…

Came back and shot at the sleeping Afrikaner family: five armed black men:

The Potgieter family - whose plot is near the Wellness Centre in Melodie -- heard their dogs barking furiously at around 21:00 on Tuesday evening May 3 2011 - and also heard something on the roof. “On investigating what the dogs were barking at and first seeing nothing, we walked back to the house and then saw that there were two men on the roof.” They had gained entry by cutting and flattening a fence.

“It was apparent that there were three more hiding in the bushes at the bottom because they whistled to their mates that we were approaching when our dog was staring and barking upwards at the roof. The two on the roof jumped down over our back fence. We alerted Plotwatch and they arrived and with the police searched the area, but no one could be found. Everything was quiet and we went to bed, but a few hours later at around 02:00 on Wednesday morning, we were shot at right inside our house! It sounded like a .22 calibre weapon. We’ve got lots of dogs who were barking so they fled.”

Two dogs injured by militia-gang:

Once again Plotwatch with three bakkies searched for the suspects, but could not find anyone. Two of the dogs were injured by the criminals during the attacks; one of the bull terriers had a stone thrown at its head badly injuring its jaw. The other bull terrier was slashed with a panga (see photo) on the leg and both had to be treated by a vet.

And then, according to Mr Harro Rust of Plotwatch, a couple of minutes after the invaders had left the Potgieter property the first time, members of Plotwatch heard shots being fired at a neighbouring property. Yet searches revealed no one.

Joof Jansen van Rensburg was shot by neighbour SAPF constable Percy Ledwaba after the cop refused to return a rugby ball accidentially kicked across the wall by the Afrikaner’s grandsons…

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22 April 2011. EVANDER. An Afrikaner father and grandfather, Joof Janse van Rensburg, reportedly shot in the stomach on 13 March by SAPS constable Percy Ledwaba in front of the white man’s son and grandsons, has succumbed to his injuries, reports the Ridge Times News in its April 22 2011 edition issue 16.The police constable remains on duty at Evander police station.

A charge of murder will “be investigated against constable Ledwaba”, said SAPF spokesman capt Leonard Hlathi. Meanwhile the constable still remains on his post, he confirmed when questioned by Ridge Times journalist Jana Oosthuizen. Hlathi said he could not confirm persistent rumours in the Afrikaans community that the service pistol with which Mr Janse van Rensburg was shot, still remained at the Evander station until he had investigated the claim. Hlathi said “forensic tests would be done to determine whether a shot was fired’

Mr Jansen van Rensburg and his wife Poppie were visiting with their daughter and her family in Selonica Street in Evander on March 13, watching their grandsons kick a rugby ball around, when the ball accidentially bounced into the neighbour’s yard. Reportedly the neighbour, constable Ledwaba, wasn’t well pleased and refused to give the ball back to the Afrikaner boys - so their dad Frans Viviers, and constable Ledwaba got into a fisticuffs with each other. When the grandfather set to to help his son-in-law, the constable reportedly then pulled out his service gun and shot Mr Jansen van Rensburg in the stomach. TheHe was rushed to Netcare N17 hospital in Springs. Ms Oosthuizen writes that he had since died of his injuries. The Ridge Times also noted that constable Ledwaba wrote in the incident book at the police station on March 13 2011 that he had shot dead Mr Jansen van Rensburg. Hlathi said they will now investigate a case of murder and their findings will be forwarded to the provincial police commissioner in Mpumalanga. “He will decide what will happen to constable Ledwaba,’ said Hlathi. Mr Jansen van Rensburg is survived by his widow, three children, three stepchildren and five grandchildren. His funeral service will take place from the Dutch Hervormed Church at Eendracht.

The term "genocide" was coined by legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943, writing:

'Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actionsaiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.

The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of personal security, liberty, health, dignity and lives of the members of such groups... '